Musette - Eyes on Spreadsheet Please

[MommaOfMuse]

Okay now that I know we have the steroids out of her system we seem to be going the wrong way on her numbers, as I am now seeing reds and black even though she she starts out with wonder preshot values. Of course the gut reaction is to raise the dose, but if I understand everything that I have been reading over here for months the head is saying reduce dose because she is swinging too much and her curves are inversed would I be correct in thinking that she needs less not more?

I'm seriously thinking about reducing her down to either .2 or .3 just to get her back to those beautiful flat curves again. Especially when I look back over her vet records and she was only dxed in the high 200s and the time that I took her completely off insulin she also went back to staying in the high 200s to low 300s, so my line of thinking is if she is now getting higher numbers than she was when she was first dxed and on 46% carb dry food, then this is most likely rebound, even if I'm not seeing any truly low numbers.

Mel, Maxwell, Musette & The Fur Gang

 

[Vicky & Gandalf (GA) & Murrlin]

Yes, another colorful spreadsheet usually indicating less Levemir.

After 3 weeks on Levemir I would expect a cat who's been getting green numbers but still bouncing to need dose reduction, even if you're not seeing the low numbers typically at nadir. Usually when you're getting greens at preshot, but reds and pinks still, less Levemir is needed.

Yes, a drop back to.25U would probably get her some steadier BGs. That is the goal with Levemir. You can always increase dose and remember it is much easier to determine dose while going up the dose scale.

 

[MommaOfMuse]

Thanks Vicky

That is what I thought but just wanted to confirm, because otherwise she seems to be feeling great since the switch, way more cuddly and purry. And I know with lantus when you start seeing those reds and pinks it is usually a dose reduction that is in order. So I will take her down to .25u on her pm shot tonight and see where she goes from there.

Mel, Maxwell, Musette & The Fur Gang

 

[Sheila & Beau GA & Jeddie GA]

I agree - reduce. And .25u is good. She has been flirting with remission on and off since you got her so I have always thought she "liked" less insulin.